Tysnes Church
| Tysnes Church | |
|---|---|
| Tysnes kirke | |
Sunnhordland prosti | |
| Parish | Tysnes |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Listed |
| ID | 177787 |
Tysnes Church (
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1329, but it was not new at that time. The first church here was a wooden
In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[6][7] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.[6][8]
During the 1860s, the parish determined that the old church needed to be replaced. A new church site was chosen about 70 metres (230 ft) to the southwest of the old church site. In 1865,
See also
References
- ^ "Tysnes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Tysnes gamle kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Tysnes kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ a b Hoff, Anna Marte. "Tysnes kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Tysnes kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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